Entertainment 1998

Chapter 610 Chapter 609, Temporary Adjustment of Shooting Ideas
Yamagata Prefecture, Sakata City

On the third day of snowing, the sky finally cleared up.

When Jiang Feng saw the sun, he also saw Miyazawa Rie standing at the door of Wakaye Hotel, and Gu Changwei behind Miyazawa Rie.

Gu Changwei said that he had arrived in Tokyo a long time ago, but the reason he didn't come here was because there was heavy snow in Sakata City and no flights were available. This was also the reason why Miyazawa Rie was delayed.

In response, Jiang Feng smiled and said:

"fine.

It snowed heavily in Sakata City, so Director Zhang Yimou and I were unable to go out and experience life. However, now that the weather is clear, we can start to experience life. "

The place to experience life was introduced by Izumi Sakai. It is in Oku-Iya Village, not far from Sakata City. The deceased was an old lady, 90 years old this year. Even in this small country, it is considered a happy funeral.

Before leaving, Jiang Feng had his hair cut and put on black trousers, a white shirt and a black vest.

Because he had nothing to do in recent days, Jiang Feng had a deep chat with Izumi Sakai. The undertakers here basically dress like this.

Because Gu Changwei came.

Originally, Jiang Feng wanted to ask Zhang Yimou, who was a photographer, to personally shoot the scenes of his life experiences. Now, with a more professional photographer, he decided to let him do it.

Professional is indeed professional.

When the group arrived at Ozuya Village, Gu Changwei simply stood at the door of the deceased's house, took a look, and then whispered a suggestion.

"Jiang Feng, ask Izumi Sakai to discuss this with the host family. If they are willing, we can use this place as the filming location for the movie "Departures".

Because the first time the male protagonist, Daigo Kobayashi, acted as a mortician, he was clumsy, well, even fearful, which must be very similar to your first experience of life! "

wipe…

Jiang Feng cursed secretly.

It turned out to be a wake-up call. I was only thinking about how to experience the profession of "Japanese Undertaker" and actually forgot about this. If the client agrees, then my first scene can be filmed here.

Thinking of this, Jiang Feng immediately turned around and looked at Izumi Sakai who was following him.

Izumi Sakai blinked, then raised a finger.

Because when Zhang Yimou, Gu Changwei and Jiang Feng were chatting just now, the Japanese actress Miyazawa Rie, who is proficient in Chinese, translated the content of their conversation for her.

Seeing Izumi Sakai holding out a finger, everyone present was wondering what this meant?
But Jiang Feng understood.

Izumi Sakai was emphasizing, Jiang Feng, I must get pregnant!
So, Jiang Feng understood what she meant and nodded.

Seeing Jiang Feng nod, Sakai Izumi smiled easily, turned around and walked towards the deceased's home. Of course, Jiang Feng still gave some instructions before she went in.

"Ms. Sakai, you have to tell the host family that if they allow us to film, we must pay a certain fee and sign a formal agreement."

...

Perhaps it was the money that moved them, or perhaps the host family hoped that their mother's funeral would leave a lasting memory, so they simply discussed it briefly and allowed this small film crew to enter.

I'm not lying, the crew is really small. The photographer is Gu Changwei, the lighting engineer is temporarily Zhang Yimou, the sound engineer is temporarily Li Xing, and the production manager is temporarily Miyazawa Rie...

As for other types of work, it all depends on Jiang Feng and Izumi Sakai.

It was not bad because this was originally someone's mourning hall, so there was no need to set up the shooting scene. In addition, there were real undertakers at the funeral, so the crew saved some manpower.

The undertaker hired by the host family was a female in her 40s, quite plump, about 1 meters tall, and weighed at least 65 kilograms.

However, she was very agile. She dressed the deceased, put makeup on the deceased, and tidied up the deceased's appearance. Then, with the help of her assistant, she placed the deceased in the coffin next to her.

After completing the whole process, she looked at Jiang Feng!
Although she didn't say anything, her eyes expressed a lot.

Do you have any other questions? If not, please follow the workflow I just described.

Ok…

Jiang Feng nodded.

This was a real mourning hall. No one shouted to start. Jiang Feng just nodded. When the female undertaker, with the help of her assistant, placed the deceased in the center of the living room, Zhang Yimou, Li Xing, Gu Changwei, Miyazawa Rie, and Sakai Izumi began their work...

The deceased was lying quietly in the middle of the living room. Jiang Feng, wearing black trousers, a black vest and a white shirt, was kneeling beside her.

He wanted to reach out and button the deceased's shroud, but his hands were shaking, so he turned around and looked behind him.

"It's okay, kid, she's your grandmother too." These were the words spoken by Zhang Yimou, who was lighting the scene for Jiang Feng. Well, they were spoken in Japanese. In order to learn this sentence in Japanese, Zhang Yimou practiced for 20 minutes.

"Ok!"

Jiang Feng nodded, took a deep breath, and reached out to the deceased again, but his hands were still shaking.

Not acted.

Jiang Feng really felt fear.

The first time you really dress and put on makeup for a real dead person, even the bravest person would probably feel scared.

But there was no other way. For the sake of his dream of becoming a movie emperor and to sell more coffins from his second sister's family, he had to close his eyes and do it with gritted teeth.

...

"Thank you!"

Standing at the main door, the host couple escorted Zhang Yimou and Jiang Feng out, and bowed slightly to express their gratitude.

Jiang Feng felt a little embarrassed and bowed slightly but didn't say anything.

Zhang Yimou did reply.

"Kobayashi Daigo's skills are not very good. Today is his first time to come out to bid farewell to the deceased. We should be the ones to feel sorry for him."

After saying this, Zhang Yimou and Jiang Feng nodded slightly, then turned around and walked away at the same time.

"OK, passed."

Today, photographer Gu Changwei started shooting for a total of 6 times, with a total duration of more than 25 minutes. Only after walking out of the main door of the host house, Jiang Feng, the leading actor and director of the "Departures Director" crew, turned his back to the camera and shouted "It's over".

When Jiang Feng shouted "passed", he immediately turned around, ran over, and expressed his gratitude to the host again.

"Thank you, thank you, Mr. Yamamoto."

"You're welcome, Director Jiang Feng!"

The old man named Yohji Yamamoto was very polite. He bowed to Jiang Feng and said, "Director Jiang Feng, after the movie is finished, I hope you can give me a disc so that I can keep it as a souvenir."

"completely fine!"

Seeing Jiang Feng agreed, Yohji Yamamoto turned around and went home, because the filming of the movie "Departures" was completed at his home and his mother's funeral was about to officially begin.

…………

Oku-Iya Village is very close to Sakata City, less than 2 kilometers away as the crow flies.

When we came here, everyone walked.

Therefore, when we went back, we all walked back.

Perhaps it was because filming this kind of content made people feel depressed. On the way back, no one spoke, not even Li Lianhua who wanted to get closer to director Zhang Yimou.

Half an hour later, when everyone arrived at the entrance of Ruoye Hotel, Jiang Feng clapped his hands.

"Clap clap clap..."

Seeing that everyone was looking over, Jiang Feng said, "Director, Coach Gu, I've thought about it.

We have to temporarily change the shooting plan for this movie. Regarding several deceased people in the movie, I plan to shoot it with real deceased people and real family members, just like we did today.

Instead of using props or asking extras to pretend.

In this way, when the filming actually starts, basically all the important shots have been shot.”

"it is good!"

As soon as Jiang Feng finished speaking, Zhang Yimou, Gu Changwei, Li Lianhua, as well as Japanese star artists Sakai Izumizu and Miyazawa Rie all applauded and cheered.

no way.

Today, the feeling is simply shocking.

Just two words: real!
Well..., it's really terrifying!
(End of this chapter)